These are the best pies in the known universe. Ever since I were a nipper, we would catch the 47A to Southamton bus station and get a plesteds pie and 6 pennorth of chips and walk to the Archers Road for the big game.
With the move to St Mary's came a Plesteds move to east street (actually this happened some years before but I only found the new shop by accident).
Utter devastation when the east street shop closed -- my universe collapsed, no more pies.
Thank God for Google -- I live many many miles away from Southampton now but all my friends are primed to pop in and buy me a bag of pies. I even have relatives (by marriage) in Shirley so need reminisce no longer -- I can have the real thing in bulk delivered to my door.
These really are excellent pies -- the single size perfect as a hot snack, with delightful pastry, rich and flavoursome meat filling (steak and kidney for preference) and then the gravy -- gravy you would sell your granny into white slavery for.
I quite like them and think you should try them. read more